Jon Kyl

I will totally deny that I had anything to do with it. But I was involved in the negotiations for the Republican Senate side.

And in an effort to prod the people in those negotiations to put their ideas on the table so we could complete work on the tax negotiations, I said: Given the schedule that the leader had announced--the desire to leave Washington this…

The problem right now is that such a letter, if it confirmed we were going to move forward with a missile defense system adequate to protect the United States from an ICBM, from more than regional threats, would directly contradict our…

In other words, cloture cuts off both the resolution of ratification amendments as well as treaty and preamble amendments.

A viable triad at a minimum, per se, has to include nuclear capability or it is not part of our nuclear triad, right? And what I am saying here is that the administration is not assuring us that the long-range bomber will be nuclear…

I join Senator McConnell in a tribute to my friend and colleague, Jim Bunning. Jim and I came into the House of Representatives at the same time as parts of the 100th class. I have enjoyed being with him as well in the Senate. Jim and Mary…

I would say to my colleague that I asked the chairman of the Finance Committee: How quickly do you think we could do this? He gave me the same answer he just gave you: Yes, as soon as we can, but it is hard to make a commitment about a tax…

I would say to the Senator from Louisiana that I don't know technically whether it is 77 or 42 or whatever, but we have all discussed the fact that it is limited to those projects that are started but couldn't be completed within the…

I thank my colleagues for bringing this issue to the attention of the Senate. Senator Vitter brought this matter to my attention as the bill was being wrapped up, as a matter of fact, and I told him at that time that while we could not…

I join my colleague in paying tribute to an incredible public service career and especially the time I have enjoyed working with Senator Voinovich in the Senate.

It is impossible to do all of the things that the Majority Leader laid out without doing -- frankly without disrespecting the institution and without disrespecting one of the two holiest of holidays for Christians.

There's not going to be time to do it this year, not before Christmas.

There's not going to be time to do it this year now before Christmas.

According to a Gallup poll last week, about 80 -- well, 80 percent of the American people do not want to see taxes raised.

The American people have been telling Washington that promoting job growth must be the first priority.

And just to be clear--I have not gone through all of your qualifications, but it is in your resume.

I think because of the large vote in the House, if we make changes that are specifically designed to ensure that the bill will both be effective and will be upheld by the courts, that we should not have difficulty in getting House…

Well, again, this is a subject that I think the Congress wants to deal with as quickly as we can in a way that will ensure this time that we get it right, the courts will uphold what we do so that we can prevent the kind of cruelty that is…

And that is, of course, one of the reasons why we would be wanting to pursue this.

The Supreme Court obviously needs to be very careful about its definitions of speech to ensure that real speech is not unduly inhibited.

Okay. Obviously, the reason for that is to try to find how we want to define what would be prohibited here, to include all of those things that are involved.

It is obviously essential, not only to stop something that is enormously cruel to animals, but also to try to find ways to help those who may suffer from the disorders that you have discussed.

I am a member of the minority but have worked with the majority to ensure that this hearing can be held whether or not members of the majority are here.

This is an important hearing on prohibiting obscene animal crush videos in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court case U.S. v. Stevens.

This hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary will come to order.